"Good writers are of necessity rare."

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"I'm a schoolteacher and a writer. So that's what I do."

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"So the lover must struggle for words."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

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"Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers."

Mel Brooks, American Comedian

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"A writer can do without food for a few hours, but not without the sight of books."

Pawan Mishra, Indian Author

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"There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

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"I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent writer and a good person, but I'm not a nationalist."

Clarence Thomas, American Judge

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"The writer is more concerned to know than to judge."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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"If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer."

Patti Smith, American Musician

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"I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

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"I'm a schoolteacher and a writer. So that's what I do."

"As a very experienced writer once told me, 'It's in the rewrites'."

"So the lover must struggle for words."

"Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers."

"A writer can do without food for a few hours, but not without the sight of books."

"There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors."

"I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent writer and a good person, but I'm not a nationalist."

"The writer is more concerned to know than to judge."

"If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer."

"I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best."

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"The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions."

"Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims."

"Sincerity is moral truth."

"Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without."

"The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected."